Barrel-truck



(No Model.) W. W. WILSON & J. L. NEWTON.

BARREL TRUCK. No. 375,406. Patented Dec. 27, 1887.

N. PEYERS. PhuwLilhngmphar. Wilmington, DC.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM W. W'ILSON AND JEREMIAH L. NEWTON, OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS,

BARREL-TRUCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 375,406, dated December27, 1887.

Application filed October 31, 1887. Serial No. 253,897. (No model.)

' barrel and box trucks; and it consists in the peculiar constructionand combination of devices, that will be hereinafter fully described.vThe object of our invention is to provide a device whereby hogsheads,barrels, boxes,

bales, and the like may be readily moved from one place to another.

- In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of adeviceembodying our improvements. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same, partlyin section.

A represents a pair of bars,of wood or other suitable material, of equallength and suitable width and thickness, which are mortised together attheir centers and arranged at right angles to each other, as shown,thereby form ing a frame'having radial'arms B. Each of said arms isprovided with alongitud-inal slot, 0, of suitable length. Near the outerend of each arm, on the under side thereof, is swivzeled a caster orroller, 1), the said casters or rollers being of suitable size and madeof any material that may be preferred.

E represents aseries of blocks, one of which is provided for each arm'B, and is arranged on the upper side thereof. The said blocksareprovided with central openings which register with the slots 0, andbolts F extend through the said openings and downward through the saidslots, thereby enabling the blocks to be adjusted radially in or outfrom the center of the frame. Washers G are placed on the bolts and bearagainst the lower sides of the arms, and thumb-nuts H are screwed ontothelower threaded ends of the bolts and serve to clamp the blocks to thearms at any desired adjustment, as will be readily understood.

The operation of our invention is as follows: In order to move a barrelor similar object from one point to another, the same is placed on theframe as near the center thereof as possible, and the blocks E areadjusted on the arms so as to bear snugly against the. chine or loweredge of the barrel or object and prevent the same from moving on theframe. It may then be readily pushed to the desired place; or a suitablerod havinga hook at one end and a handle at the otheras, for instance, abale-hook-may be employed, its hook being engaged with the barrel orother object and its handle grasped by the operator, the said rodserving as a tongue whereby the barrel may be drawn from place to place.

A device thus constructed is extremely cheap and simple, and will befound of great utility and convenience in moving barrels and other heavyobjects in warehouses, stores, and similar places.

Having thus described our invention, we claim- In a barrel-truck, thecombination of the frame having the rigid radial arms B, mounted onswiveled casters or rollers and provided with vertical radial slots 0,the blocks E on the upper side of each of said arms, the bolts securedto said blocks and extending through the said slots, and theclamping-nuts screwed onto the said bolts and adapted to bear againstthe lower sides of the arms,whereby the blocks E may be moved toward orfrom the center of the frame and secured at any desired radialadjustment, for the purpose set forth, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

\VILLIAM W. WILSON. JEREMIAH L. NEWTON.

Witnesses:

AUGUST A. ZIZIK, Jo SAUER.

